Abstract: The communication of human consists of verbal communication and nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication plays an indispensable and important role. Employing nonverbal communication properly can helps to transfer mess messages and promote the international communication and economy development. This essay makes an contrastive study of nonverbal communication under different cultures and hopes the analysis can contribute to the success in international communication.

Key words: verbal communication; nonverbal communication; contrastive study

摘要：人类的日常交际包括语言交际和非语言交际两种形式，非语言交际作为不可缺少的一部分有着举足轻重的作用。各种非语言交际手段的恰当应用可以传递丰富的信息，促进国际交流和发展。本文将对跨文化交际中非语言交际进行分析，了解不同文化下不同的非语言交际行为，从而更加有效地进行跨文化交际。

关键词：语言交际；非语言交际；对比研究

　　Cultural is invisible, omnipresent and learned. It influences nearly every phrase of communication. Nonverbal communication is a very important part of all the communication and it is greatly affected by culture. Many of the nonverbal messages we see are culture specific. Same nonverbal message may have different meanings in different cultures. In order to understand nonverbal language correctly, we must know its culture first.

　　Nonverbal communication is part of culture. It is shaped and influenced by culture. In turn nonverbal communication in a specific culture is the mirror of the specific culture. Only maintain a right attitude to the differences in cross-culture communication and respond to them correctly can we achieve success in international communication.